Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics - Men's 3000 metre steeplechase
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The Men's 3000 Metres Steeplechase event at the 1932 Summer Olympics
was actually 3460 metres, due to an error in lap counting - the runners did an extra lap of the track.
Heat One
Heat Two
1932 Summer Olympics
The 1932 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the X Olympiad, was a major world wide multi-athletic event which was celebrated in 1932 in Los Angeles, California, United States. No other cities made a bid to host these Olympics. Held during the worldwide Great Depression, many nations...
was actually 3460 metres, due to an error in lap counting - the runners did an extra lap of the track.
Round One
The fastest five athletes in each of the two heats advanced to the Final Round.Heat One
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Evenson | 9:18.8 | OR | |
| 2 | Walter Pritchard | 9:19.2 | ||
| 3 | Verner Toivonen | 9:41.0 | ||
| 4 | Giuseppe Lippi | 9:42.0 | ||
| 5 | Nello Bartolini | 9:49.0 | ||
| 6 | Roger Vigneron | 9:57.0 | ||
| - | Luis Oliva Luis Oliva Luis Oliva was an Argentine athlete who competed in two Olympic Games in 1932 and 1936. He was born in Córdoba, Argentina and was discovered while fulfilling military service in Argentina... |
DNF | ||
Heat Two
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Volmari Iso-Hollo Volmari Iso-Hollo Volmari Fritijof Iso-Hollo was a Finnish athlete, winner of two gold medals in 3000 m steeplechase at the Olympic Games.... |
9:14.6 | OR | |
| 2 | Joe McCluskey Joe McCluskey Joe McCluskey was an American track and field athlete. During his running career, he won 27 national titles in various distance events and captured the steeplechase title a record nine times in a 13-year period.At the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, McCluskey won the bronze medal... |
9:14.8 | ||
| 3 | Glen Davis | 9:15.0 | ||
| 4 | George Bailey George Bailey (athlete) George William Bailey was an English athlete who competed for Great Britain in the 1932 Summer Olympics.He was born in Buxton.In 1932 he finished fifth in the 3000 metre steeplechase event... |
9:16.0 | ||
| 5 | Martti Matilainen | 9:43.0 | ||
| 6 | Alfredo Furia | 10:11.0 | ||
| - | Harold Gallop | DNF | ||
| - | Sonny Murphy | DNF | ||
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volmari Iso-Hollo Volmari Iso-Hollo Volmari Fritijof Iso-Hollo was a Finnish athlete, winner of two gold medals in 3000 m steeplechase at the Olympic Games.... |
10:33.4 | |||
| Tom Evenson | 10:46.0 | |||
| Joe McCluskey Joe McCluskey Joe McCluskey was an American track and field athlete. During his running career, he won 27 national titles in various distance events and captured the steeplechase title a record nine times in a 13-year period.At the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, McCluskey won the bronze medal... |
10:46.2 | |||
| 4 | Martti Matilainen | 10:52.4 | ||
| 5 | George Bailey George Bailey (athlete) George William Bailey was an English athlete who competed for Great Britain in the 1932 Summer Olympics.He was born in Buxton.In 1932 he finished fifth in the 3000 metre steeplechase event... |
10:53.2 | ||
| 6 | Glen Dawson | 10:58.0 | ||
| 7 | Giuseppe Lippi | 11:04.0 | ||
| 8 | Walter Pritchard | 11:04.5 | ||
| 9 | Verner Toivonen | 11:10.2 | ||
| 10 | Nello Bartolini | 11:29.0 |